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Volume 16, Number 10—October 2010
Dispatch

Klassevirus Infection in Children, South Korea

Tae-Hee Han, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Ju-Young ChungComments to Author , Sang-Hun Park, and Eung-Soo Hwang
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (T.-H. Han, J.-Y. Chung); Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (C.-H. Kim); Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul (S.-H. Park); Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul (E.-S. Hwang)

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Table

Primers used in PCR for Aichi virus and klassevirus*

Virus/primer Sequence (5′ → 3′) Gene Reference
Aichi virus
6261 ACA CTCCCACCTCCCGCCAGTA (1st) 3CD (12)
6779 GGAAGAGCTGGGTGTCAAGA
C94b GACTTCCCCGGAGTCGTCGTCT (2nd) 3CD (13)
246k
 GACATCCGGTTGACGTTGAC
Klassevirus
LG0118 ATGGCAACCCTGTCCCTG AG (1st) 3D (4)
LG0117 GAAACCCAACCACGCTGTA (4)
KL3DF GTCTGGTCTATYGAYTACTCTTGCTTT (2nd) 3D This study
KL3DR AGGACGGAGTAGGGRGTRAA This study
LG0119 GCTAACTCTAATGCTGCCACC (1st) VP0/VP1 (4)
LG0136 GCTAGGTCAGTGGAAGGATCA (4)
KLVPF GTCACYCCMAACACCTCCACTGAAG (2nd) VP0/VP1 This study
KLVPR TTCTGCRCCATCRGCTCCCGA This study
KL2C-F1 CTCGCYGAGGACATCACGGA (1st) 2C This study
KL2C-R1 GTACAGGTACACRACCAGTGGCT This study
KL2C-F2 AATCTGCTGCCCAGGCCGC (2nd) 2C This study
KL2CR2 AGGGAGATGGCRGAGAGAGCTGT This study

*VP, viral protein.

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